Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Environmental Management 2nd Edition

Inspire the future custodians of our planet with the second edition of this series. Help your learners develop knowledge of environmental issues such as the significance of climate change, employ scientific methods to evaluate management strategies and develop their field work skills. Global and regional case studies in the coursebook provide real-life, contemporary relevance as well as opportunities for project work. The workbook provides valuable practice opportunities, which help learners consolidate their knowledge and develop their skills. Each resource contains a dedicated skills chapter. Regular questions, self assessments in the coursebook, as well as tests for every topic in the teacher's resource offer numerous formative assessment opportunities. This series is written with worked examples to support learners. Activities encourage sustainable practice and tips help learners integrate sustainability into their own lives. This series is suitable for the Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Environmental Management syllabuses (0680/5014) for examination from 2027.

This digital coursebook contains a wide variety of activities, case studies and formative assessment opportunities. Support your learners as they develop both a broad and localised knowledge of environmental issues from plastic pollution to fracking, and to employ scientific methods to evaluate management strategies such as national parks and reserves, seed banks and ecotourism. Learners will also discover the significance of climate change and develop their field work skills, helping them to hypothesise, record and analyse data, and form conclusions based on their findings. They will learn how to follow sustainable practice and take care of habitats and organisms during practical investigations.

Features

• Global and regional case studies provide learners with real-life, contemporary relevance as well as supporting opportunities for collaborative project work such as researching island communities around the world that are vulnerable to rising sea levels.
• Dedicated practical activities help learners develop vital practical and investigative skills in an active way.
• 'Worked examples' help learners develop independence.
• Regular 'Sustainability tips' help learners integrate sustainability into their own lives.
• Questions cover key skills and provide learners with an opportunity to assess their progress.
• 'Summary checklists' with 'I can' statements linking to the learning intentions provide a helpful structure for each lesson.
• 'Before you start' feature provides an opportunity to assess what learners already know about each topic to help you plan your lesson.
• Projects at the end of each chapter, such as presentations or debates, support learners to work independently and apply their knowledge in pairs or groups.
• Practice questions at the end of each chapter help learners prepare for assessment.
• Scientific key terms and command words included for each chapter support learners' comprehension, with clear definitions explained in context.

CONTENTS

How to use this series

How to use this book

Introduction

1. Key skills in Environmental Management
2. Natural resources
3. Land
4. Water
5. The atmosphere and human activities
6. Ecosystems, biodiversity and fieldwork
7. Natural hazards
8. Human population

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgements